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A view of MCD headquarter. , photo credit: file photo
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is likely to build an “engineering landfill” in the Tehkhand area of the city by April 2023. The Delhi Development Authority has allotted over 47 acres to the civic body for the project. Text editor The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is likely to build an “engineering landfill” in the Tehkhand area of the city by April 2023. The Delhi Development Authority has allotted over 47 acres to the civic body for the project.
A senior civic body official said the new landfill at Tehkhand would be separate from the existing landfill in the city. “Material like ash, which we get from our waste-to-energy plants, will be dumped here. Unlike what we see at sanitary landfill sites, the engineering landfill site will have provisions to ensure that leachate does not contaminate the soil and groundwater is not affected. These measures will be taken before the site becomes operational.”
MCD commissioner Gyanesh Bharti, in his budget speech, which was released by the civic body on Tuesday, said that over 32 acres of land allotted by the DDA would be used to build an engineering landfill site. There are three sanitary landfill sites in the capital – Okhla, Bhalswa and Ghazipur.
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